Gettin’ On the Grid

My computer works again, I’m a fiend!  I opened it and played two rounds of Scrabble, and there will be lots more of that before the day is done. 
I’m getting ready for future craft market days.  I made two hats, one in a child’s size in lovely Auraucania Yarns Atacama.  It is hand-dyed, supersoft 100% [...]

Taking Down the Family

I woke this morning at 4:30 and peeped out the window, looking for my snow.  All yesterday I trekked back and forth to the door, hoping to see white flakes on my lawn.  No such luck.  Meanwhile, my daughter at college southeast of here was getting six inches, and all over the south people were [...]

Crochet Mitts, Handmade Selling, and the CPSIA

I’m in my house with my Friday night tv.  In two days I made two pairs of fingerless mitts for myself-the first one, from pink/purple/gray Kimono Angora, the second from Colinette Zanziba pale pink/gray/tan/teeny green.  They are both crocheted.  I also made a hairband or ear warmer from the Zanziba, complete with bow.  I am [...]

Sneaky Knitting for an Abstract Hat

I’m feeling a little guilty.  Not being one to keep a secret about my own errant behaviour, I must confess.  I have been sneaking in new knitting projects.  Sometimes I show them without saying that they were not planned and just bogarted their way into the heirarchy of things on needles.  Sometimes I don’t even [...]

Happy Dancing

I’ve been doing the happy dance all day.  I got an official Chattanooga Market email this morning saying the Market will not close, but will open as usual on April 27 under new ownership and management.  The new owner, Chris Thomas, is the founder of Palo Duro Records (http://www.palodurorecords.com/) and seems to be very committed to [...]

Okay, Maybe a Little Fluff

I just talked to my doctor’s office.  I’m scheduled for my first new treatment the day after Christmas.  Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh.  Those are for the anticipation, the trepidation, the unknown…I know it is less than three weeks away and I am impatient. 
Meanwhile, my current flare of lupus symptoms seems to be waning.  Even better, my [...]